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1. ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS

1. When a body loses electrons, then it acquires ----------- charge
a) Negative b) Positive c) Zero d) None
2. When a body gains electrons, then it aquires ---------- charge
a) Negative b) Positive c) Zero d) None
3. Like charges ---------- each other and unlike charges --------- each other
a) repel, attract b) attract, repel c) only repel in both d) only attract in both
4. The total charge of an isolated system is always ------------
a) Non conserved b) Conserved c) Both d) None
5. Charge is quantized i.e.

e
a) Q  n / e b) Q  c) Q  ne d) Q  n  e
n
6. S.I unit of Charge
a) esu b) Newton c) Joule d) coulomb
7. A body can be charged by
a) Conduction b) Induction c) Friction d) All of these
8. The substances which allow charges to freely move through them are.
a) Insulators b) Conductors c) Metals d) both b & c
9. The substances which do not allow the charge to pass through them are called --------
a) Conductors b) Semi conductors c) Insulators d) none
10. Coulomb’s inverse square law

1 q1q2 q1q2 1 q1q2 1 q1q2

a) F  . b) F  4 0 c) F  4 . r d) F  4 . r 2
4 r 2 r 0 0

11. The value of permittivity of free space or vacuum.

a)  0  8.854  1012 N 1m 2 c 2 b)  0  8.854  1010 N 1m 2 c 2

c)  0  8.854  1012 N m 2 c 2 d)  0  8.854  1010 N m 2 c 2

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12. If they are separated in a medium of permittivity  and relative permittivity K, then coulomb’ss
inverse square law is

1 q1q2 1 q1q2 1 q1q2

a) F  4 . r 2 b) F  . c) F  4 . Kr 2 d) Both b and c
0 4 r 2 0

13. The ratio of permitivity of a medium to the permitivity of free space is called
a) relative permittivity b) dielectric constant c) relative density d) Both a & b
14. The space around an electric charge within which its influence is experienced by another charge is
called
a) Electric field b) magnetic field c) Gravitational field d) All of these
15. The force experienced by a unit positive charge placed at a point in an electric field is called
at that point.
a) electric field intensity b) gravitational field c) Magnetic field intensity d) All of these
16. If a force F acts on a charge q at a point in the electric field of intensity E, then
E F E
a) F  b) E  Fq c) E  d) q 
q q F
17. S.I Unit of Electric field intensity is
a) N / C b) Volt / m c) J / c d) Both a & b
18. The intensity of electric field (E) due to point charge q at a distance r is
q 1 q 1 q
a) E  k . 2 b) E  . 2 c) E  4 . r 2 d) Both a & c
r k r 0

19. The path followed by an isolated and free unit positive charge in an electric field is called
a) Electric line of force b) Magnetic line of force
c) Gravitational line of force d) None

20. Electric field lines start from --------charges and end at ----------charges
a) positive, negative b) negative, positive c) only positive d) only negative
21. In a charge free region, electric field lines can be taken to be continuous curves
------------any breaks.
a) without any b) with in c) both a & b d) none
22. Two electric field lines can never -------- with each other
a) Intersect b) not intersect c) both a & b d) none

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23. Electric field lines do not form any ---------- loops

a) open b) closed c) both a & b d) none

24. The tangent drawn on electric line of force at a point gives the direction of -------------
at that point.
a) magnetic field b) gravitational field c) electric field d) none

25. The number of electric lines of force passing through a given area perpendicular to it is
known as
a) magnetic flux b) electric flux c) magnetic force d) electric force
26. An electric flux represented as
 
a)   E. A b)   E. A c)   EA cos  d) Both a & c
27. S.I unit of Electric flux is
a) Nm 2 / C b) V.m c) J / m 2 d) Both a & b
28. A pair of equal and opposite point charges +q and -q separated by a small distance
is called
a) magnetic dipole b) electric flux c) electric dipole d) none

29. The product of either charge and the distance between the two charges is called
a) Electric flux b) Electric dipole c) Magnetic field d) Electric dipole moment

30. Electric field due to a very short dipole of dipole moment ‘p’ on its axial line at a distance ‘r’ from
the centre of the dipole is
1 2p 1 2p 2p
a) E  . 3 b) E  4 . r 3 c) E  K . 3 d) Both b & c
K r 0 r
31. Electric field due to a very short dipole of dipole moment ‘p’ on its equatorial line at a distance ‘r’
from the centre of the dipole is
p 1 2p 1 p
a) E  K . b) E  . c) E  . d) Both a & c
r3 4 0 r 3
4 0 r 3
32. Torque acting on an electric dipole of length `2a’ and dipole moment ‘p’ placed in a uniform
electric field of intensity ‘E’ with its axis making an angle  with the direction of field is
  
a)   P  E b)   PE sin  c)   2qaE sin  d) All of these
1
33. The total electric flux through any closed surface is equal to  times the net charge enclosed by
0

the surface is called

a) Gauss’s law b) Coulomb’s law c) Ohm’s law d) All of these
34. Gauss’s law represented as
  q q
a)    E.ds b)   
0
c)  E.ds   0
d) All of these

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35. Gauss law is applicable for any surface irrespective of shape and size.

a) closed b) open c) both a & b d) none

36. The charge per unit length is called

a) surface charge density b) linear charge density
c) volume charge density d) none
37. S.I unit of linear charge density is
a) c.m 1 b) c m c) c cm d) Both a & b
38. The charge per unit area is called

a) linear charge density b) volume charge density c) surface charge density d) none

39. S.I unit of surface charge density is

a) c.m 2 b) c.m 2 c) c / m 2 d) Both a & c

40. The charge per unit volume is called

a) volume charge density b) linear charge density c) surface charge density d) none

41. S.I unit of volume charge density is

a) C / m 3 b) C / m 2 c) C m d) none

42. The electric field intensity ‘E’ due to an infinitely long charged wire of linear charge density
 at a perpendicular distance ‘r’ is
 
a) E  4 r b) E  2 r c) E   .2 0 r d) E   .4 0 r
0 0

43. The electric field intensity ‘E’ due to an infinite plane non conducting sheet of surface charge
density  is
2 0  q
a) E   .2 0 b) E  c) E  2 d) E  2
 0 0

44. Electric field intensity ‘E’ at a point outside a charged spherical shell at a distance ‘r’ from the
centre.
1 q q 1 q 1 q
a) E  4 . r 2 b) E  K . c) E  4 . r 3 d) E  4 . r 4
0 r 0 0

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KEY

1-10 B A A B C D D C D

11-20 A D D A A C D D A A

21-30 A B C B D D C D D

31-40 D D A D A B D C D A

41-44 A B C A

KEY WITH ANSWERS

1. b) Positive
2. a) Negative
3. a) repel, attract
4. b) Conserved
5. c) Q  ne
6. d) coulomb
7. d) All of these
8. d) both b & c
9. c) Insulators
1 q1q2
10. d) F  4 . r 2
0

11. a)  0  8.854  1012 N 1m 2 c 2

12. d) Both b and c
13. d) Both a & b
14. a) Electric field
15. a) electric field intensity
F
16. c) E 
q
17. d) Both a & b
18. d) Both a & c

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19. a) Electric line of force

20. a) positive, negative
21. a) without any
22. a) Intersect
23. b) closed
24. c) electric field
25. b) electric flux
26. d) Both a & c
27. d) Both a & b
28. c) electric dipole length
29. d) Electric dipole moment
30. d) Both b & c
31. d) Both a & c
32. d) All of these
33. a) Gauss’s law
q
34. b)   
0

35. a) closed
36. b) linear charge density
37. d) Both a & b
38. c) surface charge density
39. d) Both a & c
40. a) volume charge density
41. a) c / m 3

42. b) E  2 r
0


43. c) E  2
0

1 q
44. a) E  4 . r 2
0

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